Thor: Love and Thunder Collects an Impressive $302 Million Worldwide During Opening Weekend

Thor: Love and Thunder collected $302 million (roughly Rs. 2,398 crore) at the global box office in the three days following its release in cinemas worldwide on July 8. That means it delivered the third-highest opening weekend for a Hollywood film. , following the Tom Holland-directed Spider-Man: No Way Home and Sam Raimi-directed Doctor Strange set in the Multiverse of Madness, since the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $302 million collected so far, the fourth Thor The film earned $143 million (about Rs 1,135 crore) in the US and Canadian markets.

The remaining $159 million (about Rs. 1,262 crore) comes from 47 markets elsewhere. For Thor: Love and Thunder (Review), the best performing markets outside of the US and Canada are South Korea ($15.3 million, around Rs. 121 crore), UK (14.8 million, approximately Rs. 117 crore), Australia (The fourth Thor The film’s strong showing in India, however, is unsurprising as Marvel films have always been a big draw in this market. Additionally, Thor: Love and Thunder didn’t really face competition from Indian new releases of the week, actor Khuda Haafiz Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha and Malayalam action drama Kaduva, as they address a different audience.

Thor: Love and Thunder review: A mad rush that underutilizes everyone

Thor: Love and Thunder revolves around Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor as they attempt to defeat Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher, a serial killer who seeks to eliminate all gods. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie was directed by Taika Waititi, who also directed its predecessor Thor: Ragnarok.

Along with Hemsworth, Bale, and Portman, the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder includes Tessa Thompson as New Asgard King Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander as Asgardian Warrior Sif, Waititi as Gladiator Kronan Korg, Russell Crowe as King of the Olympians Zeus. Guardians of the Galaxy are also involved in Thor: Love and Thunder, with Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper reprising their respective MCU roles as Peter Quill/Star- Lord, Mantis, Drax, Nebula, Kraglin, Groot, and Rocket.

Thor: Love and Thunder is playing in cinemas around the world.

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